Fatal Chemistry

Anne Boleyn Full Title: Fatal Chemistry: Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn










By Marlessa Stivala

7 thoughts on “Fatal Chemistry”

  1. Mademoiselle_Boleyn says:

    Thank you so much for reading this, mike! (:

  2. Shelby says:

    I like how you look at it. It sad that he had such a fleeting fancy. And once he was able to rid himself of one queen, it seemed as though he continued to do so. I feel for Anne Boleyn, being considered by some nothing more then a social climbing whore. Simply because she was loved by a man. Unfortunatly for her, that man was THE man. I can’t even imagine the pressure she was under by all around her. I love the story of these two. Thanks for sharing 😀

  3. epiphany says:

    Marlessa – interesting article, but you went seriously off historical course from the beginning. Henry DID want a divorce from KoA, and was already looking for ways to obtain it, before he fell for Anne. He DID NOT end his marriage to Katherine because he fell in love with another woman. He eneded his marriage because his wife could no longer bear children, and he desperately needed a male heir, and yes, despite our 21st century views on equality, he was right to want a boy – that Elizabeth I’s reign was so successful was a fluke, not what anyone would have or should have expected. His love affair with Anne simply gave him impetus to be more aggressive in this pursuit.

  4. Angelika says:

    Let’s zoom in shall we?

    Anne said, and I quote ‘I shall be queen or nothing.’ Why was this a famous quote besides the fact that by saying this she refused to be his mistress? BECAUSE SHE WAS PLAYING HARD TO GET!! This quote has a stunning effect called ‘DESIRE’ or ‘LUST.’ Henry had a wife who couldn’t give him what he wanted, a son and grew remarkably impatient. However, he was ALMOST a loyal and devoted mate.

    Out of all the different features this website has given, the best one is CONFIDENCE. She had a strong confident mind by promising him a son. Besides Anne, he also wanted a son. By reassuring him something he obviously wished for scored another point. Nevertheless, after all this, Henry could grow out of her but this leads us to point three, she kept him on the boil with romantic love letters and rhetorical questions on the future such as “when can we be together with our heir?” which got Henry thinking. So by these three strong points it would be normal for Henry to be overly possessed with her.

    Now, let’s discuss her downfall.

    During her reign, she was described as ‘bossy.’ Let’s take a look at this. Men are known to want to be “THE BOSS” so that just weakened the lust. There is another dead easy give away, she bore no son. Let down. One very common thing was that she had a fling if tempers. She would occasionally argue with Henry’s orders rather than discuss it. I’ve listed three things why Anne suffered a downfall. Now, let’s take a look at why Henry would lack a woman even less attractive through PHYSICAL appearance than Anne who was not a angel but was more and no less preferable visually.

    1) she was CERTAINLY not bossy
    2) she would DISCUSS not ARGUE
    3) She played hard to get by refusing to be his mistress
    4) She bore him a son (FINALLY)
    5) She kissed him whilst on his lap to keep the boil going

    The answer as to why Henry loved and disliked are pretty clear. You just need to look for what men melt for and what men despise.

  5. Angelika says:

    Thank you, hope I have replies and I hope the devotion commotion is cleared out.

  6. Christine says:

    I agree, Henry loved Anne with an obsession, when he first fell in love with her he pursued her with an intensity that had they lived in our times his behaviour would be described as stalking, after they got together people said of him that he could not be without her for an hour, the feelings he had for his other wives paled into insignificance, he may have said he loved Jane yet he was alleged to have said after seeing two other ladies at court who were both attractive that it was a pity he hadn’t seen them before he married her, those are not the words of a man in love, with Catherine Howard I think he just had an older mans fancy for a giddy teenager and his sixth wife I feel he respected her, he felt no passion there but just the comfort that comes with companionship and she was marvellous with her nursing abilities and was a good stepmother to his children, both Anne and Henry had brilliant minds they had an interest in theology music and were both fond of the hunt and dancing, they were both hot tempered passionate people so the word soul mate is right in describing them, the flaw in the relationship came from the fact they were royal and having a son was essential to Henry, if they were just commoners where the birth of a son was not important, there would have been no pressure on Anne and no jealousies from rival factions, I do believe they would have been together for a very long time had they just been plain Mr and Mrs.


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